Posted on: June 22nd, 2008 Enabling hardware accelerated h264/x264 Video Decoding using Media Player Classic

For this guide I will be using Media Player Classic Home Cinema ( http://tibrium.neuf.fr/index.html ) and the Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 decoder (http://www.cyberlink.com/ ).

You will need a hardware accelerated video card. Currently either a Nvidia 8xxx or 9xxx series, or ATI Radeon HD series card will work.



If you have Haali Media Splitter installed, hardware acceleration should also work on videos in the Matroska (.mkv) container.



If you have installed a codec pack, check if VSFilter is installed. If it is installed, open the configuration and under the General tab set it to not load.

Disable VSFilter



Download Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) and extract it. If you have an older version of Media Player Classic installed I suggest overwriting it. Install PowerDVD 8 or newer, and when finished open MPC-HC.



In MPC-HC choose Options from the View menu.

Choose Options



Go to the Playback section and enable "auto-load subtitles" to let MPC-HC handle subtitles.

Load Subtitles



Continue to the Output section under Playback. Select "EVR Custom Pres."

Select EVR



Change section to "External Filters" and click "Add Filter…". Select Cyberlink h264/AVC Decoder filter and click OK.

Select Filter



Select the added filter and make sure it is set as preferred.

Prefered Filter



Now, try playing a h264/x264 encoded video to see if CPU usage is lowered. When playing you can right-click the movie, select filter, then choose the Cyberlink filter and see if the DXVA option is enabled.

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Posted on: April 19th, 2008 Usenet server recommendations

After using many different usenet servers I think i finally found one that lives up to my expectations.
So I will present a short list going from best to worst host.

1. Power Usenet - Very good retention (105 days), and speed that maxes out on my 20 mbit line. Recommended.
2. Newshosting - Good retention (80 days), a bit unreliable and not always full speed down. Not Recommended.
3. UseNetServer.com - Same retention as Power Usenet, more unreliable and difficult to connect, but also cheaper if you buy 3 moths at once. Not Recommended.
4. Flash NewsGroups - Very cheap, bad retention (60 days) and lots of missing parts when downloading. Good speed, but not recommended.

From reading other recommandations I can also recommend giganews, but this is also a bit more expensive. From what I’ve heard Power Usenet is a Giganews reseller, so you get the same quality for a bit less money.

For Usenet clients I recommend SABnzbd, a powerful and free client that is actively being developed.

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Posted on: April 17th, 2008 List of Atheros Based Wireless/WiFi PCI/Cardbus cards

This is a list over most network cards with an atheros chipset. The list does not contain USB cards, only PCI, miniPCI and Cardbus/PCMCIA cards. I will try to keep it updated.

Last updated: 17.04.2008

Company Model Type Chipset
3Com 3CRPAG175 : 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless LAN PC Card with XJACK Antenna 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
3Com 3CRWE154A72: 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless a/b/g PC Card 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
3Com 3CRDAG675 : 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5002X
Aztech WL830PC 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
Belkin Dual-Band Wireless A+G Network Card - F6D3010 802.11a/g Cardbus AR5004X
Belkin Dual-Band Wireless A+G Desktop Network Card - Model F6D3000 802.11a/g PCI AR5004X
Buffalo AirStation CardBus - WLI-CB-AG54L 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
Cisco Systems Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Cisco Systems Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5002X
Compex WLM54G Wireless-G MiniPCI network adapters 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005G
Compex WLM54G Wireless Super-G MiniPCI network adapter 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005GS
Compex WLM54AG Wireless-AG MiniPCI network adapter 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006X
Compex WLM54AG Wireless Super-AG MiniPCI network adapter 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006XS
Compex iWAVEPORT WL54G (1a) 108Mbps Wireless Super-G Network PCI Adapter 802.11b/g PCI AR5005GS
Compex WLM54G 23dbm Wireless-G MiniPCI network adapter 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005G
Contec FLEXLAN FX-DS540-PCD 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Contec FLEXLAN FX-DS540-PCC2 802.11a Cardbus AR5001A
Corega CG-WLCB54AG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002AP-2X
Corega CG-WLPCI54AG 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5002AP-2X
D-Link D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Cardbus Adapter 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5001X
D-Link AirPremier AG Wireless 108Mbps CardBus DWL-AG660 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
D-Link AirPro DWL-A650 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
D-Link AirPro DWL-AB650 Dual Band CardBus 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X+
D-Link D-Link Air Xpert DWL-AG650 CardBus Adapter 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 CardBus Adapter 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
D-Link D-Link AirPro DWL-A520 PCI Adapter 802.11a MiniPCI AR5000
D-Link D-Link AirPro DWL-AB520 802.11a/b MiniPCI AR5001X+
D-Link Air Xpert DWL-AG520 PCI Adapter 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5001X+
D-Link AirPremier AG Wireless 108Mbps PCI Adapter DWL-AG530 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5004X
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G 108Mbps PCI Adapter DWL-G520 802.11b/g PCI AR5002G
Elecom LD-WL54AG/CB 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Elecom LD-WL54G/CB 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Elecom LD-WL54/CB 802.11a Cardbus AR5001A
Elecom LD-WL54G/PCI 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5002X
Elecom LD-WL54AG/PCI 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5001X+
Elecom LD-WL5411A/B 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5001X+
Enterasys Networks RBTBG-AW a/b/g PC radio card 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Enterasys Networks RBTBFAX wireless radio PC card 802.11a Cardbus AR5001X+
Fujitsu FMV-JW481 802.11a/b/g CardBus 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Fujitsu Connect2Air WLAN E5454/CB 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Fujitsu Wireless LAN Card FMV-JW481 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Fujitsu CONECT2AIR E5454 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Fujitsu FMV Desktop Series 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5002X
Fujitsu DESKPOWER L FMVL50ES 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5002X
Fujitsu FMV DESKPOWER FMVCE35E5S 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5002X
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach G Notebook Adapter GN-WM01GT 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005GS
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach G Notebook Adapter GN-WMAG 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5004X
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach AG Notebook Adapter GN-WLMA102 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach AG Mini-PCI Adapter GN-WI01HT 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006EX
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach G Mini-PCI Adapter GN-WIAG02 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005GS
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser G Mini-PCI-E Adapter GN-WI01GT 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005GS
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach G Desktop Adapter GN-WP01GT 802.11b/g PCI AR5005GS
GIGABYTE Technology AirCruiser Mach G Desktop Adapter GN-WPEAG 802.11b/g PCI AR5004G
IBM Wireless CardBus Adapter, model 31P9101 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Icom WAVEMASTER SL-5200 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
I-O Data WN-AB/CB 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X
I-O Data WN-A54/CB 802.11a Cardbus AR5001A
I-O Data WN-AG/CB 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
I-O Data WN-AG/CB2 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
I-O Data WN-A54 LAN media converter 802.11a MiniPCI AR5001AP
I-O Data WN-AG/PCI 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5001X+
KCORP ICT Limited KLG-520: 108G+ Wireless Cardbus Notebook Adapter Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5004G
KCORP ICT Limited KLG-530: 108G+ Wireless PCI Desktop Adapter Card 802.11b/g PCI AR5004G
Lenovo ThinkVision C400 Wireless Projector 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5004G
Linksys WPC51AB 802.11a/b CardBus 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001
Linksys WPC55AG 802.11a/g CardBus 802.11a/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Linksys WPC54A 802.11a CardBus 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
Linksys WMP55AG 802.11a/g PCI 802.11a/g PCI AR5001X+
Logitec Corp. LWN-A54ACB 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X
NEC Aterm PA-WL/54AG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
NEC Aterm PA-WL/54AC 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
NEC Mate J Slim Tower 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5001X+
NEC Mate Slim Tower 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5001X+
Netgear 802.11a/b/g Dual Band PC Card - Model WAG511 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
Netgear 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card - Model WG511T 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005GS
Netgear Double 108Mbps Wireless PC Card - Model WG511U 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
Netgear Wireless 32-bit Card Bus Adapter - Model HA501 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
Netgear Dual band PC card - Model WAB501 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X+
Netgear RangeMax Wireless PC Card - Model WPN511 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005GS
Netgear Dual-Band WLAN PCI Adapter - Model WAG311 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5001X+
Netgear Wireless Integrated PCI Adapter - Model HA311 802.11a PCI AR5000
Netgear 108Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter - Model WG311T 802.11b/g PCI AR5002G
Netgear Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter - Model WAG311 802.11b/g PCI AR5001X+
Netgear 108 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter - Model WG311T 802.11b/g PCI AR5005UG
Netgear RangeMax Wireless PCI Adapter - Model WPN311 802.11b/g PCI AR5004G
Nortel Networks Nortel Networks WLAN Mobile Adapter 2201 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X
Nortel Networks Nortel Networks WLAN Mobile Adapter 2202 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
NTT East Mickey Fan Station Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
NTT West Mickey Fan Web Caster FT-STC-Sg 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
NTT-ME MN-WLC54g-HQ 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
NTT-ME MN-WLC54g 802.11g WLAN PC Card 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
OMRON LT54CWAG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002AP-2X
PCD Global U10H014.00 : PC-Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
PCD Global T60H835.00 : Mini-PCI Module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5004X
PCD Global T60H786.00 : Mini-PCI Module 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5004G
Planex Communications Inc. GW-NS54SG 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5004G
Planex Communications Inc. GW-NS54AG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
Planex Communications Inc. GW-NS540a 802.11a Cardbus AR5002X
Procomp PW-8610AS 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5002G
Procomp PW-8810AS 802.11a/g Cardbus AR5002X
Procomp PW-8660AS 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5002G
Procomp PW-8860AS 802.11a/g MiniPCI AR5002X
Proxim 8481WD World cardbus card- Silver 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 8470WD cardbus card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 8471WD b/g cardbus card - Silver 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5004G
Proxim 8480JP Japan cardbus card- Gold 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 11a/b/g world cardbus card- Gold 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 8481JP 11a/b/g cardbus card, Japan, Silver 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 8660WD 11a/b/g cardbus card world- Gold 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Proxim 8660JP 11a/b/g cardbus card- Japan- Gold 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
Proxim Orinoco 802.11a/b/g ComboCard 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X+
Proxim 8482JP 11a/b/g PCI card- Japan- Gold 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5001X+
Proxim 8482WD PCI card, World, Gold 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5001X+
Samsung Samsung WLAN PC Card (SWL-5200N) 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Senao SL-5054CB Pisces Dual Band Wireless Cardbus Adapter 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X
Senao SL-5054CB Aries Wireless Cardbus Adapter 802.11a Cardbus AR5001A
Silex Technology SX-10WG 802.11b/g PCI AR5005G
SMC EZ Connect Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2335W 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
SMC EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2336W-AG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
SMC EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2735W 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
SMC EliteConnect Universal 2.4GHz/5GHz Cardbus SMC2536W-AG 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5002X
SMC EliteConnect Universal 2.4GHz/5GHz PCI Card SMC2512W-AG 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5002X
Sony PCWA-C800S 2,4GHz/5GHz WirelessLAN PC Card 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Sony PCWA-C700 VAIO? 802.11a/b Dual PC Card 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X+
Sony PCWA-C300S VAIO? 802.11g WLAN LAN PC Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5001X+
Sony PCWA-C500 VAIO 5GHz WLAN LAN PC Card 802.11a Cardbus AR5000
SparkLAN WL-611GS 802.11g 108Mbps Super G Cardbus Adapter 802.11b/g Cardbus No Chipset Provided
SparkLAN WL-711A 802.11a+g Dual Band 2.4Ghz / 5.8Ghz 108Mbps Super AG wireless Cardbus Adapter 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5006XS
SparkLAN WMIA-166AGH 802.11a/b/g high power Mini-PCI Module (Atheros AR5006XS AR5414) 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006XS
SparkLAN SparkLAN WMIA-139AG 802.11a/b/g Wireless Mini PCI Module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5004X
SparkLAN SparkLAN WMIA-154G 11g Wireless Mini PCI Module 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005GS
SparkLAN WPEA-165G 802.11g Mini PCI-Express Module, Atheros AR5006EG AR2423A 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006EG
SparkLAN SparkLAN WMIA-166AG 802.11a/b/g Wireless Mini PCI Module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006X
SparkLAN WPEA-154G Super G Mini PCI-Express Module, Atheros AR5006EGS AR2424A SoC No Band Provided MiniPCI AR5006EG
SparkLAN WMIA-165g 802.11g Mini PCI Module, Atheros AR5005G AR2413 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5005G
SparkLAN WMIA-167G 802.11g Mini PCI Module (Atheros AR5007 AR2417) 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5007AP-G
SparkLAN WMIA-123AG 802.11a/b/g Wireless Mini PCI Module Atheros (AR5004X) 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5004X
SparkLAN 802.11n 2.4/5.8Ghz dual radio Mini PCI Module, Atheros AR9160+9106 (MB82) 802.11n MiniPCI AR9001
SparkLAN WL-660GS 802.11g Super G PCI Adapter 802.11b/g PCI AR5005GS
SparkLAN WL-760A 802.11a+g Dual Band 2.4Ghz / 5.8Ghz 108Mbps Super AG wireless PCI Adapter 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5006XS
TDK 802.11g Wireless LAN Card WN-GCB03 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5004G
TDK 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Card WN-DCB03 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
TDK 802.11g Mini PCI Module WN-GMP03 802.11b/g MiniPCI AR5004G
TDK 802.11a/g Mini PCI Module WN-DMP03 802.11a/g MiniPCI AR5004X
Toshiba PATRCO2O TransCube20 802.11a/b Cardbus AR5001X
TP-LINK TL-WN610G 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005GS
TP-LINK TL-WN510G 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005G
TP-LINK TL-WN650G 802.11b/g PCI AR5005GS
TP-LINK TL-WN550G 802.11b/g PCI AR5005G
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-501PC - 802.11a/g Wireless PC Card 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5006XS
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-441PC - 108Mbps 802.11g Wireless PC Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005GS
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-601PC 108Mbps 802.11g MIMO Wireless PC Card 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005VL
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-503PI - 802.11a/g Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11a/b/g PCI AR5006XS
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-443PI - 108Mbps 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11b/g PCI AR5005GS
TRENDware International, Inc. TEW-603PI 108Mbps 802.11g MIMO Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11b/g PCI AR5005VL
Unex Technology Corp. MR054ag: 802.11a/b/g 108Mbps wireless cardbus adapter 802.11a/b/g Cardbus AR5004X
Unex Technology Corp. DNBA-82: 802.11n Draft 2.0 b/g Cardbus 802.11n Cardbus AR5008
Unex Technology Corp. DNBA-81: 802.11n Draft 2.0 a/b/g Cardbus 802.11n Cardbus AR5008
Unex Technology Corp. CM9:802.11a/b/g 108Mbps wireless mini-PCI module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5004X
Unex Technology Corp. CM10: lead-free 802.11a/b/g 108Mbps wireless mini-PCI module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006XS
Unex Technology Corp. DNMA-82: 802.11n Draft 2.0 b/g wifi mini-PCI module 802.11n MiniPCI AR5008
Unex Technology Corp. DNMA-81: 802.11n Draft 2.0 a/b/g wifi mini-PCI module 802.11n MiniPCI AR5008
Unex Technology Corp. CM10-HI: industrial grade high power 802.11 a/b/g 108Mbps wifi mini-PCI module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006XS
Unex Technology Corp. CM10H: high power 802.11 a/b/g 108Mbps wifi mini-PCI module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5006XS
Unex Technology Corp. CM9-GP:lead-free 802.11a/b/g 108Mbps wireless mini-PCI module 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI AR5004X
ZyXEL Communications XtremeMIMO M-102 Wireless Laptop Adapter 802.11b/g Cardbus AR5005VA-2G

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